MapInfo Tips
Introduction
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MapInfo File Formats
There are a number of files that make up a MapInfo Table. The minimum files for a GIS map object with data are:
- .DAT
- .ID
- .MAP
- .TAB
There are a number of additional files types that may be present, these include: .IND, .TDA, .TIN and .TMA.
TUFLOW utilises the MapInfo Interchange Format files for MapInfo GIS inputs. The MapInfo interchange format consists of a pair of files with the extensions .MIF and .MID. Both of these files are text files (and can be viewed in a text editor). Whilst knowledge of the file formats is not necessary for TUFLOW modelling, advanced users can take advantage of the nature of the file formats to manipulate these datasets.
A full description of the MIF/MID file formats is available | here.
MIF File
The
Basics
In this section are some basic MapInfo functions that are regularly used in creating TUFLOW models in MapInfo.